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He concluded the letter by again prophesying that an earthquake would hit Waco and shake some sense into the people, before adding what he planned to do with his finished manuscript.

Quote, I will demand that the first manuscript of the seals be given to you.

Many scholars and religious leaders will wish to have copies for examination.

I will keep a copy with me

As soon as I can see that people like Jim Tabor and Phil Arnold have a copy, I will come out, and then you can do your thing with this beast.

We are standing on the threshold of great events.

The seven seals, in written form, are the most sacred information ever discovered.

Koresh speculated that it would take him about one or two days to write about each of the seals, adding up to two weeks maximum until he was finished.

After they were done, he and everyone else would definitely surrender, and Koresh would be willingly taken into custody at the county jail.

As word spread through the compound that they would finally be leaving within the next two weeks, the mood lifted considerably and people felt a renewed sense of hope.

They removed the previous banners they'd hung outside the windows and replaced them with new ones that had more positive messages.

We come to love, not war, and let's have a beer when this is over.

While many of them accepted that they would be incarcerated upon leaving, at least they'd no longer have to ration food or go without showers.

They also knew how significant it was that David Koresh was writing a manuscript.

Although he was an adept preacher, he'd never written his teachings down aside from notes he'd scribbled in his Bible.

He had long said his message could not and should not be written down until God gave permission.

It seemed the long-awaited moment had finally come.

Koresh dictated to Steve Schneider, who recorded him while also editing Koresh's words for grammatical errors.

Then two other Branch Davidians typed up Steve's transcription on a computer, powered by their ever-depleting generator.

Progress was going well and everyone was optimistic.